Feature Film, Drama/ Thriller, 110 min

An old and explicit tape is leaked, and Ava Rad, a beloved star of Iranian TV and cinema adored by the religious Guardians of the Islamic Revolution and Irans cultural elite, begins a descent into hell. A story of betrayal, a tragicomic portrait of a truly schizophrenic country, between religious totalitarianism and the extravagance of a youth under pressure. Honor of Persia is the directorial debut of Golden Palm Winner Zar Amir Ebrahimi (Best Actress, Cannes Film Festival 2022).

Feature Film, Psychological Horror, 90 min

After a fatal accident, homeless Maya (24) flees from her own guilt to an abandoned houseboat. But instead of finding peace in the isolation, she is haunted by a nightmarish creature that awakens her repressed memories and forces her to confront her own darkness. Houseboat horror made in Germany!

Feature Film, Political Comedy, 90 min

The everyday lives of high school graduate Minu (17) and German Chancellor Stefan (56) are light years apart, until one day the schoolgirl with zero interest attitude magically ends up in the body of the self-absorbed politician, and he in hers! How is a schoolgirl supposed to save the whole country from its numerous crises – and the emotionally messed-up chancellor supposed to win over the feelings of Minu’s big crush? But the entertaining change of perspective forces both of them to listen carefully and take themselves and the other generation seriously, with surprising results!

Historical Drama/Coming of Age, Feature Film, 90 min

Cheerful Frieda (17) grows up in a boarding school for the deaf in northern Germany in 1935. When the National Socialist laws deny her the dream of a self-determined life, she has to fight against forced sterilization and for the love of her life.

Director: Mohammad Farokhmanesh – partly animated documentary for children, 90 min

“How I wished I could just be like everyone else.” Children and young people growing up with mentally ill parents take a look at their young lives together and try to use the power of creativity to find a way through an upside-down world.  In a child-friendly mixture of documentary and animated film, we immerse ourselves in an often frightening but also encouraging world of thought that opens up a different view of our society and how we deal with mental illness.

Adult Animation/Historical Drama/Thriller, feature film, 90 min, Germany

ANGST is an adult animated film that uses the artistic imagery of the Weimar Republic to take us to Berlin in the early 1930s, where a young working-class woman is drawn into the shady business of a decadent illusionist. While – In the stranglehold of fear – a whole society sinks into chaos.